Electronics Weekly
68.5 million PCs were shipped in Q1, which is the lowest unit volume since Q1 2009.
H2 2014 saw a rebound in the PC market which “benefitted from the tailwind of the Windows XP refresh and pockets of price-driven consumer activity”, says IDC.
But now the market is slackening, with an inventory build-up of Windows Bing-based notebooks, a commercial slowdown following the XP refresh, and constrained demand in many regions.
US PC shipments declined at a slower rate than elsewhere, with a mere 1% year-on-year drop to 14.2 million units while Japan saw shipments fall a massive 44%.
Lenovo led with 19.6% market share judged by units; HP was second with 19%; Dell was third on 13.5%; Asus was fourth with 7.1% and Acer was fifth with 7%.
